Depiction transformation with computer implemented depiction integrator

Abstract

Systems and methods providing computer implemented depiction encoding production constructed from one or more depictions, where, for each of one or more depictions, an encoding collection encoding a narrative account is chosen from the depiction, and where, for each chosen encoding collection, an encoding collection is established from the chosen encoding collection, where one or more expression styles from the chosen encoding collection may be replaced with different corresponding expression styles, and where a depiction encoding is assembled from the established encoding collections, such that the narrative account encoded in the assembled depiction encoding is comprised of the narrative accounts of the chosen encoding collections.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 973,721 filed Sep. 19, 2007, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to the field of production of content for presentation devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for providing rule based depiction transformation.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART[0003]The depiction of a narrative account on presentation devices, such as a display device and a sound output device, for viewers of the narrative account, requires production of content for those presentation devices. The narrative account is represented in an encoded form as a depiction encoding. A depiction decoder translates the depiction encoding into a decoded depiction, where the translating form is compatible with the presentation devices. The decoded depiction may be transmitted to the pre...

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Benefits of technology

[0044]In yet another exemplary embodiment, the system may provide for digital rights management protection for the rules controlling production of the integrated depiction encoding, and for the integrated resultant itself. Such protection may restrict copying, control who may use the resource, or how it is used, and may apply to the whole or to part of the resource. A plurality of such protections may apply to a resource.

[0045]The present invention provides for substantially expanded depiction option when a plurality of integration specifications are used. For example, the depiction options available for a presentation may depend on the available compatible integration packages and what order of application they are combined with. In an exemplary embodiment, the user configuring the depiction for a presentation may create a customized integration package for that depiction and may use previously saved customized integration packages. Integration specifications or integration packages may also be created, supplied externally or may be supplied by the presentation system. Further, in an exemplary embodiment strict control over multiple aspects of the use of an integration specification, integration package, or integrated resultant may be provided. The control may allow content creators control over how their content is used.

Problems solved by technology

This distributed depiction is not typically available to be further modified, or at best, can only be modified in only relatively trivial ways.

However, the depiction is not modifiable in other desirable ways, such as those involving adding additional cameras, moving the camera to a different position or direction, changing the lighting to reflect a different mood, changing the appearance of an object, or changing the focus zoom of a camera.

The production of a new depiction of a narrative account utilizing material from one or more other depictions is currently limited by the same limitations and specified previously.

However, this is a severe limitation and results in all new depictions appearing substantially similar to the original depictions.

Prior art depiction encoding forms are also limited by being derived from limited sources.

There is no way to use DRM to distinguish between the parts of the content which may be copied from other parts and which parts may not be used in other depictions.

Prior art depiction encoding forms also severely restrict the ways in which a depiction may utilize other depictions.

It is not possible to construct a new depiction as a set of differences one depiction to another.

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